Tom Hendricks's Blog – December 2009 Archive (8)

This film remake of Shakespeare's The Tempest, has Ariel played
by a ROBOT! Name it.

IS
Forbidden Planet with Robby the Robot, from 1956! Note the great music!
When I was a kid I had a robot. Wind it up and it said:
"I'm Robby the Robot, Mechanical man, guide me and stir me, wherever you can!"

Christmas week and time to celebrate. Here are the latest additions to the world's first all world music list, the BIG LIST - The net is the world's jukebox and here is the first best list of those songs and videos (most new some new to most of us). I guarantee that all of these are great music and great fun. Listees and Listeners both - help me help promote all these fine talents. It's not a CD its a new paradigm in music! Pass the word - or the notes! MS = MySpace, YT… Continue

Reader,
Here are two small gifts for you. The first is the new issue of Musea,
the second is the Musea Reading Fund, half off of any classic anything!

The new issue of Musea, "Chess Sets" is now up on the Musea website
at musea.us. For Christmas each year, I've tried to write a short story
that fits the season. This year it's the story of Barty, who as a child
loved to draw. The story starts out:

This noted writer left Russia for America, moved to
Hollywood, met Cecil B. DeMille and became an extra on his film
"King of Kings". There she met and later married another bit player
in the film, before her visa could run out! Name her.

Finally after many delays, NPR has published its sponsor and donor list for 2008.
There are 45 sponsors that are major music, film, television, media, and publishing companies. Their donations range from under $50 thousand, up to a half a million. Here's the list.http://www.npr.org/about/annualreports/NPRSponsorsDonors08.pdf

It's Holiday time and here's a
Christmas Story
Christmas Card
Christmas Carol

My new issue of Musea is out this week. Issue #172 is my annual
Christmas short story. Take a ride with my main character the artist
named Barty and see where it leads!
Send an SASE to me and I'll send you a free copy while they last.

I've also made a Christmas VIDEO greeting card for all my readers.
It has one of my art works as the… Continue